Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!ihlpf!jimf From: jimf@ihlpf.ATT.COM (JF) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers Message-ID: <3208@ihlpf.ATT.COM> Date: 30 Dec 87 19:27:31 GMT References: <1987Dec29.094942.6554@utzoo.uucp> Organization: Gone Fishin Lines: 2 In my experience, the hairy is very obviously a lot larger. Otherwise, they are nearly identical at first glance.